San Antonio Stars at Tulsa Shock
· Women's National Basketball Association
Odyssey Sims scores 27, Shock clinch West's third seed
Tulsa trailed 51-49 after three quarters but Tiffany Jackson-Jones' three-point play, followed by Theresa Plaisance's 3-pointer gave the Shock a 55-51 lead. San Antonio only made one field goal in the first 5 minutes of the fourth and Sims' layup with 4:20 remaining gave Tulsa a 10-point lead.
Sims was 11 of 23 from the field and 5 of 7 on free throws for Tulsa (17-15), which has won seven of its last eight.
Jia Perkins scored 24 points for San Antonio (7-26). The Stars have lost 10 in a row and 14 of 15.
San Antonio is 0-16 on the road and closes its season at Seattle on Sunday. The 1998 Washington Mystics are the only team in league history to go winless away from home.
Regular Season Series
TUL wins series 3-1
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 64 - 74 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 64 - 74 |
| 4th 4.0 |  |
Theresa Plaisance makes layup | 64 - 74 |
| 4th 4.0 | |
Theresa Plaisance offensive rebound | 64 - 72 |
| 4th 6.0 | |
Danielle Adams blocks Amanda Zahui B.'s jumper | 64 - 72 |
Statistics
 SA |
 TUL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-72 | FG | 28-65 |
| 33 | Field Goal % | 43 |
| 2-14 | 3PT | 3-17 |
| 14 | Three Point % | 18 |
| 14-16 | FT | 15-20 |
| 88 | Free Throw % | 75 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
| 9 | Assists | 9 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 16 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| 32 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fouls | 16 |
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